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No. 6l4,766. I Patented Nov. 22, I898. E. E. SAFFORD;

INVALID REST.

, (Application filed June 11, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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EDMUND E. SAFFORD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

INVALID-REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,766, dated November22, 1898. Application filed June 11, 1898. Serial No. 683,241. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND E. SAFFORD, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have made certain new andusefullrnprovements in In valid- Rests, of which the following is adescription sufficiently full,clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a portion of a bed, showing my improved rest in positionthereon. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same, the bed being shown insections; Fig. 3, a side elevation illustrating a modification, and Fig.4 a top plan view of the seat with the back removed.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to a rest or support for invalids,whereby when bed-ridden they may be supported in various recliningpositions as desired, the object being particularly to provide anadjustable back and head support connected to the seat which can beeasily disposed beneath the patient and is readily removed from the bed.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby those conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents a bed, and B the mattress, of ordinaryform and arrangement. The rest comprises an approximately circular oroval-shaped seat 0, as desired, which may be upholstered at b. This seatis constructed with the usual yoke frame-bar f. The back D is formed insimilar manner, the ends of its frame-bar f being hinged at g to theends of the seat-frame. The lower ends of the back-frame are beveled orchamfered at h. The seat is extended rearwardly beyond the ends of thebar f, as shown at i in Fig. 4:. This extension projects beyond thenormal or vertical plane of the back D.

Centrally on the top rail 7c of the backframe (see Fig. 2) there is ametallic loop or eye m. Bolted and in corresponding position on thebottom rail 10 there is a similar loop p. Through these loops a fiatwooden stop-bar is fitted to slide longitudinally, the lower end beingdisposed in position to engage the seat extension 2 and its upper endbeing secured against movement in the upper loop 10 by a set-screw t. Inuse by turning of said screw and freeing the rod q said rod can beadjusted in the loops or straps to gage the pitch of the back at anydesired angle in relation to the seat. The seat is disposed in themattress B and the patient is seated thereon, while the back can beadjusted to suit. Pressure from the back of the patient against theseat-back is resisted by the stop-bar Q en gaging the extension i on theseat in a manner which will be understood by those conversant with suchmatters without a more explicit description.

I also provide a head-rest H, which has a short shank v, that may beinserted in the loop to and held by the set-screw t conjointly with therod g. This vhead-rest is readily detachable.

It will be seen that by my particular arrangement of parts anexceedingly cheap and practical. device for this purpose may besupplied, the adjustment being so simple as to be easily accomplished byunskilled persons. The hinges are so arranged that the back may befolded onto the seat and the appa ratus stored in a comparatively smallspace.

The dotted lines in Fig. 1 indicate the back adjusted at an angle to theseat, and it will be understood that any angle between the vertical andhorizontal can be attained.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is The combination of aseat, a back hinged thereto, guide-loops on said back, a slide-rodmovable in said loops, and engaging at its lower end said seat, forregulating the adj ustment of said back, a head-rest adjustable in theupper guide-loop, and a device in said upper guide-loop operating toclamp said slide-rod and head-rest simultaneously.

EDMUND E. SAFFORD.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. SEAVEY, AUGUST G. KREBS.

